Anthony Blinken, Likely Secretary of State, Is Positive On US-India Ties
US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to appoint Anthony Blinken, a long-time national security and foreign policy expert who has been enthusiastic about ties with India and called China... Read more
Chinese Juggernaut From IOR To The Pacific: ‘Time To Check Lest It Reaches Irreversible Proportions’
When the world was busy fighting the global pandemic of Coronavirus, in July-August 2020, a vast fleet of more than 300 Chinese fishing vessels was reported to be operating at the edge of th... Read more
Intermediate Jet Trainer designed and developed by HAL commences spin flight testing
BENGALURU: The indigenous Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) designed and developed by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited NSE 1.02 % to replace the ageing Kiran aircraft fleet of the Indian Air F... Read more
(CNN)The US on Sunday formally exited the decades-old Open Skies Treaty, some six months after President Donald Trump first announced the decision, according to the State Department. The 199... Read more
Govt plans 10% stake sale in Mishra Dhatu via offer for sale
NEW DELHI: The government is planning to sell up to 10 per cent stake in defence PSU Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (MIDHANI) in the current fiscal ending March, an official said. Read more… Read more
Did China Use Microwave Weapons Against Indian Soldiers?
In what sounds like a story out of science fiction, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly employed a powerful “microwave” earlier this month, and it wasn’t to heat up dinner... Read more
Tunnel used by Jaish militants found in Jammu
Freshly dug 30-metre passage under border unearthed in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Security forces unearthed a tunnel beneath the International Border (IB) in Jammu’s Samba Sect... Read more
India keeps focussing on a future China threat. But just looking east is bad security policy
For the past decade, Western security commentaries have portrayed India as a natural member of East Asia’s political life. The impetus for this narrative began in November 2010 when Presiden... Read more
Neighbours out to marginalise India in SCO
THE recent virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Moscow, which brought together top Chinese, Indian and Russian leaders face-to-face, could hardly respond to the e... Read more
What China Is Up To In The Eastern Sector Along The LAC And Why India Is Not Unduly Worried About It
Over the past few months, China has been quietly boosting its military infrastructure in the southeastern part of Chinese-occupied Tibet (COT) along Sikkim, Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. A f... Read more